HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)LowContained

The Teaching Company Sales, LLC

bd_70cc78c1c148ed6a · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Nov 8, 2023

Filed

Jul 16, 2024

To disclose

33 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

6 records

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for The Teaching Company Sales, LLC →

The Teaching Company Sales, LLC (dba The Great Courses) notified consumers of unauthorized access to its network occurring between November 8 and November 24, 2023. The company became aware of the incident in late November 2023. Files containing names and other personal information were accessed or taken. The company engaged forensic specialists, notified law enforcement, and is offering credit monitoring services.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday33 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 36 weeks / 251 days

Nov 8, 2023

Begins

Nov 8, 2023

Discovered

Jul 16, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+23 wks slower

This filing is one of 6 records about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by akira about this victim was first seen 217 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteakirabd_b0f85b0a81e061e62023-12-12 · +217dVerified

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_0eef38394734f22a2024-07-16Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_195bfc1f2e44f5b02024-07-16Verified by operator
Montana State AGbd_ba087ee1074b88bb2024-07-16Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_ec3d93399dff501a2024-07-16Verified by operator

Name: The Teaching Company Sales, LLC
norm: the teaching company sales
Domain: thegreatcourses.com

Name: The Teaching Company Sales, LLC
norm: the teaching company sales
Domain: thegreatcourses.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Nov 8, 2023
Breach occurred: Nov 8, 2023 – Nov 24, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 16, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified federal law enforcementNotifying regulators, as necessary

During the incident: Launched an investigation into the nature and scope of the event with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists
Notified federal law enforcement
Took steps to ensure the security of our systems
Implementing additional technical security measures to strengthen the security of our systems
Reviewing and enhancing our existing data privacy policies and procedures
Notifying regulators, as necessary
Offering access to 12/24 months of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services by IDX, a ZeroFox Company, at no cost to you
Changes made: Implementing additional technical security measures to strengthen the security of our systems
Reviewing and enhancing our existing data privacy policies and procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 33 weeks(231 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bdayLeak >180d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Maine State AGJul 16 · first

Indiana State AGJul 16 · first

Montana State AGJul 16 · first

Massachusetts State AGJul 16 · first

Vermont State AGJul 16 · first · this page

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-07-16-teaching-company-sales-dba-great-courses-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 16, 2024
Raw hash: ef94b4264e90e07e0230a6dd78ac238d575b3f262a44171bf8d86f48a63a4723

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe Teaching Company Sales, LLC

Victim entityThe Teaching Company Sales, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Nov 8, 2023

Stated responseLaunched an investigation into the nature and scope of the event with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov